411 on 67 - 4.3.24
April 3, 2024
Dear Districts 67 and 115 Families, Staff, and Community:
We recently partnered with professional polling firm Fallon Research to gain quantitative and qualitative insights into community perspectives on our schools.
This survey engaged a randomly selected sample of 301 members of our community by phone and text, including District parents/guardians and residents who do not currently have students in our schools.
Results of current polling include:
The quality of District 67 and 115 schools ranks as the most common factor attracting and retaining residents to Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood.
Between 72 and 77% of respondents were pleased with the quality of the education in each of our school districts.
A majority of those surveyed ranked the work of District 67 and 115 teachers as “excellent” or “good.”
Taxes continue to be an area of concern for members of our community.
The full recorded presentations of our 2024 public opinion survey are linked below:
Date: April 3, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Gorton Center, 400 East Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL
Please join us for an evening with North Shore native Meg Kissinger in conversation with Chicago Tribune Syndicated Columnist Heidi Stevens about her book While You Were Out, An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence (Macmillan, 2023).
Calling All Future Scouts!
Lake Forest High School is reviewing its interscholastic and intramural athletic programs to determine how to best accommodate the interest of our students. The results of the survey below will be used to evaluate current offerings as well as to make plans for future development. Thank you for your help!
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has recognized a number of District 67 educators with their 2024 Those Who Excel Award. This award honors those who have made extraordinary contributions to education within Illinois, making positive impacts within their school community.
This year’s Award of Meritorious Service recipients include: Jennifer Dunn (Sheridan); Jessica Gerken (DPM); Kellie Kopach (DPM); and Chana-Lise Wilczynski (DPM).
Susie Kullby (DPM) will receive the Award of Special Recognition.
The awards will be presented next month at a special banquet in Normal, IL.
Congratulations to all of our winners!
With over 92% coverage expected during the upcoming April 8 solar eclipse, students and staff are preparing to view the out-of-this-world occurrence. Monday’s total eclipse will be the last one visible in the United States, until the year 2045, passing through 13 states, including southern Illinois.
Learning about the eclipse during science units this week, students will head outside this upcoming Monday, weather permitting, to safely take in the rare event, wearing specialized solar-filtered glasses. The eclipse is predicted to peak at 2:07 pm and can be tracked here.
Please note: Ordinary sunglasses, including those with very dark lenses, are not safe for looking directly into the sun, including during an eclipse. Doing so may cause irreversible damage to your eyes. The use of solar filters within “eclipse glasses”, or hand-held solar viewers, is the only safe way.
Many assumptions about adolescents are just plain wrong, argues Ellen Galinsky, president of the Families and Work Institute and former chief science officer at the Bezos Family Foundation and one of the foremost child development experts in the world. In The Breakthrough Years: A New Scientific Framework for Raising Thriving Teens, she challenges and debunks the many myths, misunderstandings, and stereotypes about adolescents while weaving research-tested ways to influence them for success during these impressionable and transformative years.
Galinsky will be in conversation with Matthew Montgomery, Ph.D., superintendent of Lake Forest School Districts 67 and 115 in Illinois. A proponent of lifelong learning, Dr. Montgomery is also the Lead Superintendent for Cohort and Partner Connections with the School Superintendents Association (AASA), co-chairs the AASA STEM Leadership Consortium.
Register below to join us on Zoom on April 16, 2024, at 7:00 pm!
CROYA’s Spring 7th/8th grade Dance is Friday, April 5! Tickets can be purchased at croya.com
The 21st annual Donut Cup is Tuesday, April 9 in the DPM gyms right after school. Join us in playing some floor hockey with the LF Police Department followed by pizza and donuts. Open to all 7th & 8th grade students. No sign up required!
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At Lake Forest High School, we are committed to supporting all graduates after they leave our halls. As our alumni discover their professional passions, we want to connect them with potential employers and mentors who can offer both opportunity and insight.
We are asking businesses and nonprofits, local, out of state, and abroad, to consider submitting available employment (permanent and temporary) and internship positions to be posted on our LFHS ALUMNI EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WEB PAGE, housed here on the *Lake Forest High School website.
The Foundation's Spring Luncheon is just two months away. We hope you will join us on Friday, May 3 at Knollwood Club for this year's event.
Our guest speaker, Coach Q promises to inspire you. Tickets and Raffle tickets are ON SALE NOW at https://LFHSLUNCH24.givesmart.com
Gorton Center Event: Fly Fishing Film Tour
April 7, 2024, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm
FAN Event - The Menopause Brain
April 8, 2024, 7:00 pm
FAN Event: There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
April 11, 2024, 7:00 pm
FAN Event - Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divide
April 15, 2024, 7:00 pm